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what does an election here in south america mean to the united states? oil experts say the oil here in venezuela will impact how much we as americans pay in gas. >> if chavez gets reelected, i suppose we'll see lower crude oil sales to the u.s. and that's going to cost the consumer more money for their gasoline. >> reporter: today most ralliers rallied tweeting, get out the votes. street cry is rampant and oil production has slipped 30% in the last decade. >> if we win, we cannot believe that every problem will be solved on monday. but at least there is hope that the things can change. >> reporter: today, thousands of venezue venezuelans who over the years traveled to miami traveled to vote in new orleans. more voted in new york. while president chavez bragged that his country has the highest vote count in the world. grocery stores are swamped as they fear a violent reaction to whoever is announced the winner. >>> now to syria where there are reports tonight of several large explosions near police headquarters right in the heart of damascus. at least one
what does an election here in south america mean to the united states? oil experts say the oil here in venezuela will impact how much we as americans pay in gas. >> if chavez gets reelected, i suppose we'll see lower crude oil sales to the u.s. and that's going to cost the consumer more money for their gasoline. >> reporter: today most ralliers rallied tweeting, get out the votes. street cry is rampant and oil production has slipped 30% in the last decade. >> if we win, we...
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our pollsters tell us that 49 is in the re-elect zone. now, look at this, direction of the country. 40% say we're on the right track. it's not a great number, but it's the highest number we've recorded in three and a half years. let's move to the head-to-head with mitt romney. this is where the race has tightened a bit. the president's number is steady at 49. mitt romney has picked up a couple in the last couple weeks, sits at 46. what's helping him? republican voters more enthusiastic, they make it through the likely voter screen. it's been a couple tough weeks for mitt romney. that 47% mark has left a mark, if you will. when we asked, is there anything you've heard in the last few weeks that made you more favorable or less favorable on mitt romney, 54% say what they've heard has made them less favorable. that said, the president has a couple things not going for him on the issue of libya and egypt. more people disapprove of how he's handled the situation than approve. but the overarching theme here, brian, and why is the president in a
our pollsters tell us that 49 is in the re-elect zone. now, look at this, direction of the country. 40% say we're on the right track. it's not a great number, but it's the highest number we've recorded in three and a half years. let's move to the head-to-head with mitt romney. this is where the race has tightened a bit. the president's number is steady at 49. mitt romney has picked up a couple in the last couple weeks, sits at 46. what's helping him? republican voters more enthusiastic, they...
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now, with barely a month ago before the election, i want to zero in on what is at stake here. since president obama's health care law was enacted, 3.1 million people under the age of 26 are now covered by their parents' plans, andñr preventiv care also is available. many benefitted from prescription drugs. >> seniors who fall in the coverage gap known as the donut help will start to get help. they receive $250, paying for prescriptions, helping with the donut hole. >> 5 million seniors have saved money on the prescription drugs since the law was started. he also plans to slow spending on medicare. >> i have strengthened medicare, we have added years to the life of medicare. we did it by getting rid of taxpayer subsidies and insurance companies that were not making people healthier. >> by 2014, the law requires everybody to have health insurance, whether they purchase it themselves or through their employers. and insurers can't deny you if you have a pre-existing condition or increase your rate. the law has become a cornerstone of the obama campaign. >> i refuse to eliminate h
now, with barely a month ago before the election, i want to zero in on what is at stake here. since president obama's health care law was enacted, 3.1 million people under the age of 26 are now covered by their parents' plans, andñr preventiv care also is available. many benefitted from prescription drugs. >> seniors who fall in the coverage gap known as the donut help will start to get help. they receive $250, paying for prescriptions, helping with the donut hole. >> 5 million...
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that means we need to stop digging by electing mitt romney as the next president of the united states. >> reporter: the vice president later said that the middle class pain was due to bush policiepol. the debate symbolizes a problem for the president. the economic collapse happened under bush, but four years later, families are still hurting. many in the middle class are barely treading water. all fodder for tomorrow night's debate in denver. the first lady is make her way there. first she stopped in ohio. where early voting began today. >> are we going sit back and watch everything we worked for and fought for to just slip way? >> reporter: ann romney got to colorado before her. >> we have a debate comes up. we're excited about that. we're focused. >> reporter: family members' nerves are on edge, as josh romney confided to diane in august. >> i hate the debates. trying to sit there and be cool and keep a smile on your face. inside you want to fall down. >> reporter: four years ago, michelle obama got so nervous in the debates, she didn't like to watch them. she'll be there tomorrow i
that means we need to stop digging by electing mitt romney as the next president of the united states. >> reporter: the vice president later said that the middle class pain was due to bush policiepol. the debate symbolizes a problem for the president. the economic collapse happened under bush, but four years later, families are still hurting. many in the middle class are barely treading water. all fodder for tomorrow night's debate in denver. the first lady is make her way there. first...
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but in two of the biggest swing tes thatthe states that will decide the election, the resident has a bigger lead. in florida, a quinnipiac university/cbs news/"new york times" poll has the president ahead by nine points, 53% to 44%. in ohio he leads governor romney by ten points, 53% to 43%. john dickerson is our cbs news political director. jo john, some republicans are areplaining these polls aren't ren'ting an accurate picture. do they have a case? se reporter: well, they have a >>se when they remind us that polls are a snapshot in time and that things can change. howly what we should look at in polls is the trends and how things are moving over time, the orrrents. and right now those favor barack obama. the polls are really more like a painting than they are a digital photograph. one of the other complaints is that pollsters are talking to too many democrats. in 2004 democrats said pollsters were talking to too many oepublicans. it's a standard complaint for the party that the currents are moving against. >> pelley: john, why is there such a difference between the whichnal poll w
but in two of the biggest swing tes thatthe states that will decide the election, the resident has a bigger lead. in florida, a quinnipiac university/cbs news/"new york times" poll has the president ahead by nine points, 53% to 44%. in ohio he leads governor romney by ten points, 53% to 43%. john dickerson is our cbs news political director. jo john, some republicans are areplaining these polls aren't ren'ting an accurate picture. do they have a case? se reporter: well, they have a...
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before i got elected, i said my daughters are available on national tv. that was a pretty good mistake. and i'm still paying for that one. but the difference between when i make a mistake, i correct it. i immediately corrected it. >> who is your model supreme court justice? >> let me see here. that's a great question. i think justice sko lee ya is a good judge. justice kennedy is obviously very good. and justice roberts, they are very qualified people there. >> they don't exactly -- >> that's the beauty of being independent. >> if you had to pick one. >> i don't need to pick one. we have plenty of justices up there and i'm proud of the the ones we have. >> i don't support the dream act. we can't take a class of citizens here illegally and move ahead of the 4 million people trying to do it legally. >> senator brown is right. this is a big difference between the two of us. he voted against the dream act. i would strongly support the dream act. i believe in it. >> you're going to comment on my record, i would at least have you refer to -- excuse me. i'm not
before i got elected, i said my daughters are available on national tv. that was a pretty good mistake. and i'm still paying for that one. but the difference between when i make a mistake, i correct it. i immediately corrected it. >> who is your model supreme court justice? >> let me see here. that's a great question. i think justice sko lee ya is a good judge. justice kennedy is obviously very good. and justice roberts, they are very qualified people there. >> they don't...
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between republican nominee mitt romney and president barack obama, with only 34 days to go before the election. did someone win the great debate? >>> making the grade. they advised george w. bush, al gore and sarah palin before their famous debates. with the stakes so high, what marks do our political insiders give these candidates? we'll tell you, in the "nightline" report card. >>> and, what's your percent? are you in the 47%? what does it take to be in the 1% of the 1%? this year, the percentage has taken on a life of its own, and we get right to the point. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is a special edition of "nightline," one-on-one, the candidates debate, october 3rd, 2012. >> good evening, i'm terry moran. tonight, a high stakes showdown as president barack obama and mitt romney took the stage in denver to go head to head for the first time. an estimated 60 million americans tuned in to watch this critical moment in an often contentious presidential campaign with the election just 34 days away.
between republican nominee mitt romney and president barack obama, with only 34 days to go before the election. did someone win the great debate? >>> making the grade. they advised george w. bush, al gore and sarah palin before their famous debates. with the stakes so high, what marks do our political insiders give these candidates? we'll tell you, in the "nightline" report card. >>> and, what's your percent? are you in the 47%? what does it take to be in the 1% of...
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even if you don't give us stuff about elections. >> i know. but i'll show you my boobs. >> it's a pleasure to meet someone so brutally honest. >>> "only in america," the reunion of john travolta and olivia newton john. those little things still get you. for you, life's about her. but your erectile dysfunction - that could be a question of blood flow. cialis tadalafil for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moment's right. you can be more confident in your ability to be ready. and the same cialis is the only daily ed tablet approved to treat ed and symptoms of bph, like needing to go frequently or urgently. tell your doctor about all your medical conditions and medications, and ask if your heart is healthy enough for sexual activity. do not take cialis if you take nitrates for chest pain, as this may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. do not drink alcohol in excess with cialis. side effects may include headache, upset stomach, delayed backache or muscle ache. to avoid long-term injury, seek immediate medical help for an erection lasti
even if you don't give us stuff about elections. >> i know. but i'll show you my boobs. >> it's a pleasure to meet someone so brutally honest. >>> "only in america," the reunion of john travolta and olivia newton john. those little things still get you. for you, life's about her. but your erectile dysfunction - that could be a question of blood flow. cialis tadalafil for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moment's right. you can be more confident in your...
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>> i think it has to do with the election and things like that. look at last five years. i was just looking at numbers ending september over the five years. the s&p's done 1% annualized. bonds are up almost 5.8% annualized. i believe in reversion to the mean. i think stocks are going to have their day. i think that's what's coming. i think the market will work well over the next several years. you saw the minutes today. looks like we're going to have an accommodative fed. >> i want to talk about fundamentals here. where are you on this? you want to be buying or selling? >> i think over the long term, meaning once we get into '13, the equity markets will be good. in here, we're due for a correction. our economy has slowed down and quantitative easing really can't provide the equity markets and help draw them higher. i think the fundamentals are going to have a correction and maybe the high cash flow stocks will be taken to high single-digit levels. >> it's amazing what has happened in some of these large, global economies. we've been hearing preannouncements and guiding of
>> i think it has to do with the election and things like that. look at last five years. i was just looking at numbers ending september over the five years. the s&p's done 1% annualized. bonds are up almost 5.8% annualized. i believe in reversion to the mean. i think stocks are going to have their day. i think that's what's coming. i think the market will work well over the next several years. you saw the minutes today. looks like we're going to have an accommodative fed. >> i...
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days before the election. might that revise these numbers upward? >> well, the unemployment number is never revised. we're not getting more data on the unemployment. what number may change is the number of jobs. and that is certainly can go in either direction. we recently told to do a benchmark revision every year. that is to march, earlier in the year. that will revise the numbers, number of jobs that are in the survey upward by about 350,000 as of march 2012. now, the numbers we're getting this month. this won't be by the election. those will be revised when we get benchmark revision for march 2013. i don't mean to make this confusing. i'm just saying when we look at sort of small changes they could go either way. i wouldn't make too much of that. if we want to look at economy you have to look at longer term picture, i've been saying more or less the same thing. the economy is growing. it is doing okay in that sense except we're in a very deep hole. the rate of growth we've been seeing it will take us a lon
days before the election. might that revise these numbers upward? >> well, the unemployment number is never revised. we're not getting more data on the unemployment. what number may change is the number of jobs. and that is certainly can go in either direction. we recently told to do a benchmark revision every year. that is to march, earlier in the year. that will revise the numbers, number of jobs that are in the survey upward by about 350,000 as of march 2012. now, the numbers we're...
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even if you don't give us stuff about elections. >> i know. but i'll show you my boobs. >> it's a pleasure to meet someone so brutally honest. >>> "only in america," the reunion of john travolta and olivia newton john. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] you've been years in the making. and there are many years ahead. join the millions of members who've chosen an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. go long. insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. when you take a closer look... ...at the best schools in the world... ...you see they all have something very interesting in common. they have teachers... ...with a deeper knowledge of their subjects. as a result, their students achieve at a higher level. let's develop more stars in education. let's invest in our teachers... ...so they can inspire our students. let's solve this. >>> tonight, only in america. summer loving back from the past. ♪ summer loving had me a blast summer loving happened so fast ♪ >> he was too cool for school. she was a
even if you don't give us stuff about elections. >> i know. but i'll show you my boobs. >> it's a pleasure to meet someone so brutally honest. >>> "only in america," the reunion of john travolta and olivia newton john. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] you've been years in the making. and there are many years ahead. join the millions of members who've chosen an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. go long. insured by...
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to an election,chie understand close to an election. as soon as the election's over, they have to th the responsibilo get back together and solve the problems rather than saying, oh, we can't touch that, because in two years from now there's another election coming up. that's been the worst thing. i just think they're not living up to their responsibility. and the people of america should really be outraged about that, that nothing is getting done, and it's getting more and more polarized. >> sean: it's still in your blood, i can see it. you don't get politics out of your system. >> no, no. look, it's blocks, but for me i never really liked politics, but being a public servant. i think it's the greatest thing. my father-in-law talked about being a public servant is the ultimate kind of service, the ultimate job that you can have. he was absolutely correct, because to me there was nothing more satisfying than to be in sacramento, to solve problems, work with everyone together, bring everyone together, and to just chip away, keep solving
to an election,chie understand close to an election. as soon as the election's over, they have to th the responsibilo get back together and solve the problems rather than saying, oh, we can't touch that, because in two years from now there's another election coming up. that's been the worst thing. i just think they're not living up to their responsibility. and the people of america should really be outraged about that, that nothing is getting done, and it's getting more and more polarized....
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will be determined by who wins the election. but at least right now while we assume that the markets priced in an obama victory i honestly think the market right now has its eyes on earnings over the next four weeks and when the election comes, they're going to deal with that election. we've all talked so much about these fiscal issues but either way, whether for good or bad, they're going to get resolved the first tuesday in november. regardless of who wins. so i think earnings right now are driving things but, yes, i agree with art that at least for the last two months of the year a romney win will lead to a rally in the market. i think an obama win will just continue to focus on what's going to be very difficult third and fourth quarter earnings which could lead us lower. >> it is nice to hear that actually earnings may matter for stock prices. that is a shock of shocks, peter. >> thank you. >>> be sure to catch tonight's first presidential debate right here on cnbc. the pre-game show, if you will. starting at 8:00 p.m. easte
will be determined by who wins the election. but at least right now while we assume that the markets priced in an obama victory i honestly think the market right now has its eyes on earnings over the next four weeks and when the election comes, they're going to deal with that election. we've all talked so much about these fiscal issues but either way, whether for good or bad, they're going to get resolved the first tuesday in november. regardless of who wins. so i think earnings right now are...
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this is where american elections are fought, in the middle, the general election. what i don't understand is why he waited so long to do it. i don't why he didn't come out immediately after the republican primary, maybe even take on some of the tax loopholes, he says name a couple of them to prove he's going to stay on the side of the middle class. to find his entire life and now he's playing catch up. i'm not sure he has enough time. >> he's got a challenging -- pew survey found 75% of votes said it's more difficult now to maintain a standard of living and a "usa today" gallup poll before the debate said 53% think president obama will do better for them than mitt romney at 32%. how does he overcome that? >> i think wednesday night hit the restart button. they are ready to go. about a month to talk about his plan and i think what you saw on wednesday night, it wasn't the 30 second spots being defined by barack obama. it was mitt romney speaking unfiltered to voters for 90 seconds. he was in their living rim and they liked what they heard. >> jamal, shoot tragt with
this is where american elections are fought, in the middle, the general election. what i don't understand is why he waited so long to do it. i don't why he didn't come out immediately after the republican primary, maybe even take on some of the tax loopholes, he says name a couple of them to prove he's going to stay on the side of the middle class. to find his entire life and now he's playing catch up. i'm not sure he has enough time. >> he's got a challenging -- pew survey found 75% of...
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down to election day. in these battleground states across the country, so i think that you know, what you're saying is that bounce that president obama had coming out of the democratic convention has gone away. it's dissipated and more americans are looking at the romney ryan ticket as one that will address issues and will deliver a plan that has impact on middle class americans, that will bring down taxes for all americans. period. there's only one candidate that's actually talking about raising taxes and there's another candidate, the romney ryan ticket, that will cut taxes for all americans. so i think as we go into this, we'll hear a lot more of that. obviously at the debate and this is the next phase f that campaign. >> mitt romney leads according to our poll, on unemployment and the deficit. let me ask you this, ben, because one thing our viewers may assume is that democratic base is now energized and the convention is now partly responsible for that. rece recently, jim -- our new poll, how do you fe
down to election day. in these battleground states across the country, so i think that you know, what you're saying is that bounce that president obama had coming out of the democratic convention has gone away. it's dissipated and more americans are looking at the romney ryan ticket as one that will address issues and will deliver a plan that has impact on middle class americans, that will bring down taxes for all americans. period. there's only one candidate that's actually talking about...
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and he lost that election. tonight, ann romney seems sure that the country will soon realize how lucky we are that mitt romney is running for esident. >> i know he's very well prepared. he's focused, he's very bright. i think the country will be blessed by having someone with his skill set, his experience and his -- just his goodness. to be able to run this country. this guy does care that he's out there. and he's a person with compassion. >> first lady michelle obama did not attempt to lower expectationings for her husband today. >> he doesn't need much advice. he's a very good debater. so i do tell him to have fun and relax and just be himself because the truth is if he's the barack obama the country has come to know and trust, he's going to do a great job. >> the new nation nbc news poll shows that among likely voters president obama polls at 49% and mitt romney at 46%. tonight, night silver of the new york times blog, forecasts that on november 6 obama will win 318 votes and mitt romney will win 219. and pr
and he lost that election. tonight, ann romney seems sure that the country will soon realize how lucky we are that mitt romney is running for esident. >> i know he's very well prepared. he's focused, he's very bright. i think the country will be blessed by having someone with his skill set, his experience and his -- just his goodness. to be able to run this country. this guy does care that he's out there. and he's a person with compassion. >> first lady michelle obama did not...
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there will be another one before the election. market has been on hold to wait to see how the numbers look for september. liz: i'm on my way to cleveland. see you thursday and friday live from the gray city of cleveland. david: "money with melissa francis" is next. >> the complaint speaks for itself. flagrant violations of law here, misrepresentations to investors. representations they were conducting what they call a robust and intense due diligence process were all a slam. they didn't have effective due diligence process. we have internal documents reflecting that. melissa: that is new york attorney general eric schneiderman. i spoke with him about the new lawsuit he brought against jpmorgan over the financial crisis. we have more in a moment. charlie gasparino is here with breaking news on this story. here's what is also money tonight. president obama and mitt romney getting ready to face off in the first presidential debate. one man who didn't get an invitation? libertarian presidential candidate, gary johnson of the he will j
there will be another one before the election. market has been on hold to wait to see how the numbers look for september. liz: i'm on my way to cleveland. see you thursday and friday live from the gray city of cleveland. david: "money with melissa francis" is next. >> the complaint speaks for itself. flagrant violations of law here, misrepresentations to investors. representations they were conducting what they call a robust and intense due diligence process were all a slam....
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you see, iran's election law says he can't rub again and elections are set for 2013. so i asked him about israeli strikes and obama's warnings. you've indicate thad yd that yo that the israeli prime minister's threats toward iran are ones you don't take very seriously, but i was wondering how seriously you take the rhetoric of the president of the united states. president obama said at the unite ed nations he was determined to prevent iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. do you regard that as a bluff? >> translator: you set forth two or three questions here. i have never used the word "bluff." when we say we do not take it seriously, we mean that it impacts -- it does not impact our policies in the slightest. iran is a vast country, is a great country, let's assume a few terrorists come and assassinate some of our officials. will the country be damaged? >> no. a couple of bombs will be set to explode. will the country be destroyed? >> no. we see the ziep of regime at the same level as the bombers and the criminals and the terrorists and even if they do something, even
you see, iran's election law says he can't rub again and elections are set for 2013. so i asked him about israeli strikes and obama's warnings. you've indicate thad yd that yo that the israeli prime minister's threats toward iran are ones you don't take very seriously, but i was wondering how seriously you take the rhetoric of the president of the united states. president obama said at the unite ed nations he was determined to prevent iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. do you regard that as a...
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in the election year, the participating pastors has grown thee-fold. the goal is to get the irs law to be thrown out and the immediate goal is to have them vote their biblical values on election day. >> thank you very much. the risk is potentially deadly. the waiting for those possibly infected to show any signs of trouble unbearable as you might imagine. the new word, a number of meningitis cases from tainted back pain medication has jumped again. and your eyes are not following you, gas well over five bucks a gallon in parts of california. we've been on the story and it's building. here is the question, could what's behind the spike there lead to more exexpensive gas prices where you are? stay close. [ male announcer ] when these come together, and these come together, one thing you can depend on is that these will come together. delicious and wholesome. some combinations were just meant to be. tomato soup from campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. and you learned something along the way. this is the age of knowing what you're made of. so, why l
in the election year, the participating pastors has grown thee-fold. the goal is to get the irs law to be thrown out and the immediate goal is to have them vote their biblical values on election day. >> thank you very much. the risk is potentially deadly. the waiting for those possibly infected to show any signs of trouble unbearable as you might imagine. the new word, a number of meningitis cases from tainted back pain medication has jumped again. and your eyes are not following you, gas...
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. >> for 18 months, he's been running on his tax plan, and now five weeks before the election, he's saying that his big, bold idea is "nevermind." >> reporter: but now, top democrats and liberal pundits bemoan a missed opportunity. >> i don't know what he was doing out there. he had his head down. he was enduring the debate, rather than fighting it. >> it looked like romney wanted to be there, and president obama didn't want to be there. >> reporter: some even blamed denver's high elevation for the president's performance. >> when you go to 5,000 feet and only have a few hours to adjust, i don't know -- >> reporter: last night, the president spent much time looking down at his podium, taking notes. and he squandered easy opportunities to go after romney, such as this moment. >> i like pbs, i love big bird. i actually like you, too. but i'm not going to spend money on things -- >> reporter: a wide opening, but the president took more than 14 hours to come up with a comeback. >> thank goodness somebody is finally getting tough on big bird. it's about time. >> reporter: many top democrats sug
. >> for 18 months, he's been running on his tax plan, and now five weeks before the election, he's saying that his big, bold idea is "nevermind." >> reporter: but now, top democrats and liberal pundits bemoan a missed opportunity. >> i don't know what he was doing out there. he had his head down. he was enduring the debate, rather than fighting it. >> it looked like romney wanted to be there, and president obama didn't want to be there. >> reporter: some...
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the election as you know has already begun. are you getting reports from people in the field from men and women in the military that they can't get their hands on ballots on absentee ballots? are you hearing that? are people writing to you about this? >> what we've done is we've looked at the numbers in individual states to see how many absentee ballots were requested. what we know is that the numbers are at a record low this year when compared to 2008. down by 70% in states like virginia and ohio. and we know that the pentagon knows about the problem and basically they're responding by saying look we're sending out lots of tweets telling soldiers to vote but that's not the answer. they're supposed to have voter registration on military bases. they're supposed to help those service members register for absentee ballots. what we're finding is that they're not doing what they're supposed to do under the law. they're having these voter registration offices in remote places on military bases like the back of the chapel or the back
the election as you know has already begun. are you getting reports from people in the field from men and women in the military that they can't get their hands on ballots on absentee ballots? are you hearing that? are people writing to you about this? >> what we've done is we've looked at the numbers in individual states to see how many absentee ballots were requested. what we know is that the numbers are at a record low this year when compared to 2008. down by 70% in states like virginia...
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anchor jorge ramos is in venezuela tonight for the election and i spoke with him just moments ago here. jorge, great to have you with us again tonight and president chavez finding himself in his closest race yet to hold on to power. >> reporter: absolutely. for the first time in 13 years president hugo chavez might lose the presidency. he hasn't been able to control inflation, crime, corruption and for the first time all the opposition parties got together behind one continent. this 40-year-old, former governor. >> we know that president chavez almost made it political sport to become friends with our own rivals in america but also controls a significant amount of oil that comes to the united states. >> reporter: there is a lot at stake for the united states here in venezuela. we to remember chavez had pressure on barack obama and president bush but going beyond the personal level we have to remember venezuela exports billions of barrels of oil to the united states and hugo chavez can disrupt oil prices just with a phone call and what chavez has done most important alley, iran in the r
anchor jorge ramos is in venezuela tonight for the election and i spoke with him just moments ago here. jorge, great to have you with us again tonight and president chavez finding himself in his closest race yet to hold on to power. >> reporter: absolutely. for the first time in 13 years president hugo chavez might lose the presidency. he hasn't been able to control inflation, crime, corruption and for the first time all the opposition parties got together behind one continent. this...
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we had an election in 2010 with senator michael bennett and his republican opponent, i think, that election came down to 15,000 vote es. you never know. you can't predict what's going to happen on election day. >> rick polasio, great to have you with us. thanks so much. i want to thank everyone at the governor's park tavern who were there for the msnbc presidential debate eve watch party. we're heading over there right now. we're looking forward to it. that's
we had an election in 2010 with senator michael bennett and his republican opponent, i think, that election came down to 15,000 vote es. you never know. you can't predict what's going to happen on election day. >> rick polasio, great to have you with us. thanks so much. i want to thank everyone at the governor's park tavern who were there for the msnbc presidential debate eve watch party. we're heading over there right now. we're looking forward to it. that's
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very worried about this audit. >> is this part of the obama re-election campaign? i know it's an answer nobody wants to hear, but answer it. all the governors of the federal reserve board. this republican ben bernanke who preceded obama recognizes one very visible thing, the obstruction that's going on in congress renders the fiscal policy -- and you recognize that there's outright obstruction going on in congress that stops any fiscal policy, what are you going to do? >> what policy? >> it's the only tool left. >> i talk to republicans all the time. i'm a reporter, they're really thinking of this as a political issue. this is a stimulus pae f obama and obama and the a republicans should be embracing this. >> romney has said that he opposes this -- romney has also said that he will not reappoint ben bernanke. there's not a lot of sympathy for bernanke inside that campaign or the gop, that interests me a lot. i'm asking a difficult question, i don't think there's a direct -- i'm not saying that bernanke is deliberately doing qe-3, because probably it won't work in t
very worried about this audit. >> is this part of the obama re-election campaign? i know it's an answer nobody wants to hear, but answer it. all the governors of the federal reserve board. this republican ben bernanke who preceded obama recognizes one very visible thing, the obstruction that's going on in congress renders the fiscal policy -- and you recognize that there's outright obstruction going on in congress that stops any fiscal policy, what are you going to do? >> what...
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i think it went from 69% to 65% chance of him winning re-election. you know, that feels about right. it helped romney but we're just in the second inning of a long, long ball game. >> when it gets to the foreign policy debate which is the last one, lots to discuss there, obviously, syria, also libya with ambassador stevens. but an interesting interview with john mccain. he's saying he's damned if he's going to give up freedom of speech because it may possibly offend the prophet muhammed. what do you make of that? >> well, he's certainly right on that. there's going to be no disagreement there. i think that the republicans are increasingly going to focus on what happened in libya, why there wasn't better security for ambassador stevens, and i think that's a legitimate area to poke on. i do think it's kind of small bore. this is not something the president is deciding on, the security in benghazi. i think that also, while obama has his failures in foreign policy, they are not ones that romney can easily pick up on. >> he could always, i would imagine,
i think it went from 69% to 65% chance of him winning re-election. you know, that feels about right. it helped romney but we're just in the second inning of a long, long ball game. >> when it gets to the foreign policy debate which is the last one, lots to discuss there, obviously, syria, also libya with ambassador stevens. but an interesting interview with john mccain. he's saying he's damned if he's going to give up freedom of speech because it may possibly offend the prophet muhammed....
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it's an election about the course of america. i will keep america strong and get america's middle class working again. >> that was a victory speech and a concession speech. side by side. >> yes, the president of the theater guild once taught me a lesson about writing plays. he said the most important two minutes of your play, never mind everything else, is the last two minutes before the audience goes out to intermission. that's what they'll remember, those last two minutes. and those last two minutes last night were a disaster for the president and a triumph for mitt romney. the president seems listless and anxious to get it over and he seemed unprepared. and what's more, he seemed to be going back to his stump speech. we were listening to the clichÉ of the day, the platitude du jour. he had the time to prepare something from the heart. we have been criticizing romney for not speaking from the heart. last night the positions were reversed. he did speak from the heart. was that the real romney or will another romney turn up? rem
it's an election about the course of america. i will keep america strong and get america's middle class working again. >> that was a victory speech and a concession speech. side by side. >> yes, the president of the theater guild once taught me a lesson about writing plays. he said the most important two minutes of your play, never mind everything else, is the last two minutes before the audience goes out to intermission. that's what they'll remember, those last two minutes. and...